New features and changes in 19.04

Core desktop and applications

Plasma 5.15: simple by default, powerful when needed

Plasma 5.15 has been developed to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup. Kubuntu ships the 4th scheduled bugfix release of 5.15 (5.15.4).

Kubuntu 19.04 is built on and ships with Qt 5.12.2

KDE Applications 18.12.3

Kubuntu comes with KDE Applications 18.12.3 containing all your favourite apps from KDE. Provided is the 18.12.3 update with bugfixes and translation updates. All applications included in KDE Apps 18.12 have been ported to KDE Frameworks 5.

Other new and updated applications

kde-config-tablet - is now back on the ISO and default install, which implements a KDE configuration GUI for the Wacom drivers.

Other highlights/notes

Plasma Wayland session - Can be installed for testing, but is not supported for 19.04

A Plasma Wayland session can be be made available for testing by installing the package plasma-workspace-wayland , however this is not supported. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal 'Plasma' (without Wayland) option at login.

Known Problems

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